The Houghton Lecture Award

On the occasion of each World Veterinary Poultry Association Congress the Houghton Trust sponsors a lecture, the Houghton Lecture. The award is made to a young scientist who has made major contributions to the field of poultry disease research.

Nomination for the Houghton Trust Lecturer 2013
Previous Lecturers

 
Nomination for the Houghton Trust Lecturer 2013

The award comprises payment of the costs of the Houghton Lecturer in attending the Congress at which the Lecture is given, together with the presentation of an engraved award.

Nominations for the Houghton Lecturer can be made in two ways:
  • By the Corresponding Secretary of a National Branch of the World Veterinary Poultry Association (WVPA)
    • or
  • By an individual member of the WVPA.
In either case, the nomination must be on this form.

NOTES:

  • Potential candidates may not nominate themselves.


  • The maximum age of candidates for the Houghton Lecturer is 45 years at the time of the relevant Congress.


  • Candidates who have been nominated unsuccessfully, may be re-nominated on a subsequent occasion, provided they still meet the necessary requirements.


The next Houghton Lecture will be presented at the XVIIIth World Veterinary Poultry Association Congress, to be held in France in 2013.

Nominations for the Houghton Lecturer should be received by the WVPA secretary:
    Dr. Francois-Xavier Le Gros
    Merial, Lyon Gerland Laboratory
    254 rue Marcel Mérieux, BP 39I
    69007 Lyon, FRANCE
    Francois-Xavier.LE-GROS@merial.com      by 30 June 2011

so that the nominations may be discussed by the Bureau of the WVPA at its meeting in Cancun in August 2011.

The Officers of the Bureau of WVPA will make a short-list of SIX candidates, which will then be forwarded to the Grants Subcommittee of the Houghton Trust, who will choose the Houghton Lecturer.
Previous Lecturers
1993 Paul Barrow, Compton, UK Salmonellosis
1997 Isabelle Kempf, Ploufragan, France Mycoplasma
2001/2 Khatijah Yusoff, Selangor, Malaysia Newcastle Disease
2003 Vladimir Zelnik, Bratislava, Slovakia Marek's Disease
2005 Ilaria Capua, Padua, Italy Avian Influenza
2007 Amir Noormohammadi, Melbourne, Australia Mycoplasma
2009 Pete Kaiser, Compton, UK Avian immunology
2011 Erica Spackman, Athens, Georgia, USA Molecular diagnostics for avian diseases